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Green's function estimates for time fractional evolution equations

Probability 2019-07-01 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We look at estimates for the Green's function of time-fractional evolution equations of the form D0+νu=LuD^{\nu}_{0+*} u = Lu, where D0+νD^{\nu}_{0+*} is a Caputo-type time-fractional derivative, depending on a L\'evy kernel ν\nu with variable coefficients, which is comparable to y1βy^{-1-\beta} for β(0,1)\beta \in (0, 1), and LL is an operator acting on the spatial variable. First, we obtain global two-sided estimates for the Green's function of D0βu=LuD^{\beta}_0 u = Lu in the case that LL is a second order elliptic operator in divergence form. Secondly, we obtain global upper bounds for the Green's function of D0βu=Ψ(i)uD^{\beta}_0 u=\Psi(-i\nabla)u where Ψ\Psi is a pseudo-differential operator with constant coefficients that is homogeneous of order α\alpha. Thirdly, we obtain local two-sided estimates for the Green's function of D0βu=LuD^{\beta}_0 u = Lu where LL is a more general non-degenerate second order elliptic operator. Finally we look at the case of stable-like operator, extending the second result from a constant coefficient to variable coefficients. In each case, we also estimate the spatial derivatives of the Green's functions. To obtain these bounds we use a particular form of the Mittag-Leffler functions, which allow us to use directly known estimates for the Green's functions associated with LL and Ψ\Psi, as well as estimates for stable densities. These estimates then allow us to estimate the solutions to a wide class of problems of the form D0(ν,t)u=LuD^{(\nu, t)}_0 u = Lu, where D(ν,t)D^{(\nu, t)} is a Caputo-type operator with variable coefficients.

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@article{arxiv.1906.12157,
  title  = {Green's function estimates for time fractional evolution equations},
  author = {Ifan Johnston and Vassili Kolokoltsov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.12157},
  year   = {2019}
}

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45 pages

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